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BBC News |
6:15am PDT |
Bristol City snatch play-off victory |
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Summary: David Noble's fearsome late drive gives Bristol City a 2-1 win in the Championship play-off semi-final first leg. |
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ChristianToday |
6:14am PDT |
Darfur rebels and Sudanese army clash near Khartoum |
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Summary: Darfur rebels and Sudans army fought heavy battles in the North Kordofan province near Khartoum on Saturday a local government official and witnesses said |
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ChristianToday |
6:14am PDT |
Sri Lanka holds crucial vote in wartorn east |
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Summary: Residents in Sri Lankas warravaged east voted for the first time in two decades on Saturday in an election the government hopes will endorse its war to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels |
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ChristianToday |
6:13am PDT |
No infectious outbreak on Canadian train |
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Summary: Canadian health officials said on Friday that a death and reported outbreak of flulike symptoms aboard a crossCanada train were not due to an infectious disease and in fact were likely not related at all |
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ChristianToday |
6:12am PDT |
Chile volcanic eruption at critical stage expert |
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Summary: A towering plume of ash from an erupting volcano in Chiles remote Patagonia could rain down on the surrounding area and cause devastating damage a volcano expert warned on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
6:12am PDT |
Many hurt in Bangladesh clash over road death |
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Summary: Nearly 100 people were injured and several vehicles were damaged on Saturday when Bangladeshi students protesting over the death of a classmate in a road accident clashed with police in the capital Dhaka |
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ChristianToday |
6:11am PDT |
Cardinal Britain must not be a Godfree zone |
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Summary: British public life must not be a Godfree zone said the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales |
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Yahoo News |
6:03am PDT |
Police: 2 killed in Beirut shooting after Hezbollah takeover
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Shiite Muslim shop owner opened fire on a funeral procession Saturday, killing two people and wounding six others in a Sunni neighborhood, police and witnesses said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:01am PDT |
Zimbabwe's MDC to fight run-off against Mugabe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition leader said on
Saturday he would return home within two days to contest a
run-off against President Robert Mugabe and deal him a "final
knock-out" after almost three decades in power. |
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BBC News |
5:57am PDT |
Live - Premiership final day |
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Summary: Play-off places are up for grabs as the regular Premiership season reaches a climax. |
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BBC News |
5:54am PDT |
Firebomb 'could have cost lives' |
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Summary: People could have been killed by a firebomb which partially detonated at a toy store in County Tyrone, the shop owner says. |
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BBC News |
5:49am PDT |
House blast man killed by debris |
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Summary: Post-mortem tests show a man who died during an explosion at a house was killed by debris. |
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Yahoo News |
5:34am PDT |
Lebanon's Siniora vows to defy Hezbollah "coup"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Lebanon's U.S.-backed Prime Minister
Fouad Siniora said on Saturday the state would not fall into
the hands of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah which he accused of
launching a coup by taking control of Beirut. |
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Yahoo News |
5:30am PDT |
Iraq govt, Sadr bloc agree truce
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraq's government on Saturday agreed a
truce with the movement of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to
end weeks of fighting in an eastern Baghdad slum between
Shi'ite militia and security forces, officials said. |
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BBC News |
5:29am PDT |
Boy, 5, dies after car hits cow |
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Summary: A five-year-old boy dies after the car he was travelling in hit a cow and spun out of control in North Lanarkshire. |
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BBC News |
5:18am PDT |
Lebanese PM condemns Shia 'coup' |
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Summary: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora says Lebanon will not fall to Hezbollah after four days of street battles kill 24 people. |
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BBC News |
5:10am PDT |
Cardboard nurses help to tackle hospital infections |
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Summary: Cardboard nurses will be used to tackle the spread of infections in Lincolnshire hospitals. |
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BBC News |
5:06am PDT |
Plan to axe Saturday post denied |
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Summary: Postal regulator Postcomm denies it is planning to recommend Royal Mail should end deliveries on Saturdays. |
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Yahoo News |
4:57am PDT |
Palestinian negotiator worries about Olmert impact
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Palestinians' top peace
negotiator said on Saturday he feared a criminal investigation
of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could damage the chance
of a deal this year on Palestinian statehood. |
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Yahoo News |
4:43am PDT |
Tsvangirai to fight Mugabe in Zimbabwe election runoff
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Saturday he would contest a presidential runoff poll in his violence-wracked country, but called for international peacekeepers and observers to ensure a fair vote. |
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BBC News |
4:34am PDT |
Iraqi army launch Mosul offensive |
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Summary: The Iraqi Army launches a major operation in the northern city of Mosul against al-Qaeda and its allies. |
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BBC News |
4:34am PDT |
Iraqi army in Mosul offensive |
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Summary: The Iraqi Army launches a major operation in the northern city of Mosul against al-Qaeda and its allies. |
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BBC News |
4:29am PDT |
Burmese voices |
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Summary: Anger and disbelief as poll is held despite emergency |
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Yahoo News |
4:29am PDT |
Myanmar holds vote despite cyclone devastation
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar held a national referendum Saturday despite warnings that more people would die unless the government focussed on delivering emergency aid for survivors of last week's cyclone. |
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BBC News |
4:29am PDT |
Bob Dylan artwork to go on show |
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Summary: Works of art by US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will be seen for the first time in the UK in June. |
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Cnn.com |
4:24am PDT |
Al-Sadr spokesman: Cease-fire reached |
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Summary: Shiite militants have agreed to a cease-fire in Baghdad's Sadr City district, a spokesman for radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said today. Iraqi and U.S. forces have been battling Shiite militants for weeks in the sprawling Shiite slum.
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Cnn.com |
4:22am PDT |
Judge allegedly napped, made bailiff rub back |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
4:21am PDT |
Testing times |
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Summary: Students under exam timetabling pressure |
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BBC News |
4:08am PDT |
Injury dashes Flintoff Test hopes |
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Summary: Andrew Flintoff will miss two of England's three Test matches against New Zealand because of a side strain. |
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Yahoo News |
3:55am PDT |
Iraq rocket attack on Basra base kills two
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Militants fired rockets into a British
forces base in Iraq's southern oil town of Basra on Thursday,
killing two contractors and wounding four other civilians, the
U.S. military said on Thursday. |
